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Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,380
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I had to cut down a walnut tree, which I'm quite sad about, but it's coming from under the concrete of the fence post so I couldn't get the roots out.
I hadn't got round to cutting it right back and didn't think it would sprout,  but as it did, I decided to try and take a couple of cuttings - would it be possible from this? 

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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,174
    As far as I know yes you can. The new growths look very good so maybe try quite a few to give the best chance. Not sure if you have to do anything to the cut end but I'm sure others will know.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,116
    We had an old walnut tree blown over in a strong winds after unusually heavy rain last February.   I thought it was a goner but there is new growth all over most of the tree so I wondered about propagating it to have a replacement one day.  We also have  40 year old tree that only produces nuts every other year.

    Anyway, on a recent garden group visit to a garden where chappy is mad about grafting there was much discussion about the best subjects and the best techniques.   I concluded cuttings would be best for me and found this info - 
    https://www.ehow.com/how_7977835_grow-walnut-tree-cutting.html

    Your new shoots look very healthy so give it a go but leave that top pair of shoots to grow on, just in case, so you can try again next year.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,380
    Yes it was a very healthy tree, apparently they're hard to grow from seed, but this one appeared and I kept it trimmed. I hate cutting trees down. Sadly it was moving the fence, and it's way too close to the houses. I have a few places I can plant out saplings nearby though. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,116
    Just be aware how big  they get when mature.

    Another friend in the garden group has a walnut tree grown from nuts gathered on a garden visit 17 years ago.  It started fruiting 2 years ago.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,380

    Obelixx said:
    Just be aware how big  they get when mature.

    Another friend in the garden group has a walnut tree grown from nuts gathered on a garden visit 17 years ago.  It started fruiting 2 years ago.
    Thanks Obelixx. 👍
    Yes I know! There's one over the road which is pushing up the pavement.. way too big for my tiny garden, sadly. We also had one in a horse field, it was bloody massive! 
    I feel I owe this one a chance.
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,790
    We planted a Walnut tree about 9 years ago, not having done proper research. We have a 250 sq metre garden, and it will eventually be too big.  Ours began fruiting only a couple of years after planting (it was probably a 2 year old sapling). We never get any fruit. The Squirrels eat them all.

    It would be at the bottom of my list if I was to plant a tree again. You don't even get much Autumn colour, although the catkins looking beautiful in the odd years when we get them.
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,380
    Oops! 
    I think they're gorgeous trees, even in winter. I'd love to see a pic of your tree.
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